Near Light We Shine: Buddhist Charity in Urban Vietnam - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197811863ISBN-10:197811868UPC:9780197811863Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Buddhism, PhilosophyBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeSize:9.53 x 6.48 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SC77H2K8ED
Near Light We Shine: Buddhist Charity in Urban Vietnam
Buddhists in Vietnam are meeting humanitarian needs by popularizing charity. Vietnam's rapid urbanization has intensified social service demands while straining public infrastructure. In response, charity volunteers are building roads, subsidizing medicine, and giving away food. Near Light We Shine draws on two years of ethnographic research conducted in Ho Chi Minh City to analyse why and how...
Series: AAR Academy
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197811863ISBN-10:197811868UPC:9780197811863Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Buddhism, PhilosophyBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeSize:9.53 x 6.48 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SC77H2K8ED
Sara Ann Swenson is an Assistant Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College. She researches contemporary Buddhism in Vietnam. She holds a PhD and MPhil in Religion from Syracuse University, an MA in Comparative Religion from Iliff School of Theology, and a BA in English from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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